I like a good Facebook share as much as the next guy. In fact you’ll notice we do a bit of that on this very page. And perhaps like me your newsfeed is full of people sharing postiive thinking messages. The sort of “think this way and your life will be better” type...

Recently my two girls have started to play a game on car trips called yellow car. It’s a pretty simple game, all it requires is for you to keep your eyes peeled for yellow cars and upon sighting one yell “yellow car” before anyone else (often followed by a lengthy...

It’s that time of year again. The seasons are shifting, the sun is making brief valiant sorties and promising us a summer to come. Which means it’s time to think bbqs gardens, and in our case getting the pool ready for frolicking children and gently floating adults....

Some time ago I found myself watching a documentary on the discovery channel which was examining various initiation rites. On it they were showing a clip of a girl, probably around 12-13 years old who was having her face tattooed. The commentator made it clear that...

So it’s winding down towards the end of January and as you settle back into the familiar routine you may be wondering what happened to that new years resolution. The one you made with such gusto and conviction at midnight after a few drinks. This time of course...